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jock Island Daily Argxj
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VICTORY IN SIGHT.
Women as Delegates in Meth
odist Conferences.
THE QUESTION LIES WITH THE MEN
feat In Such Shape That, Gallantrv Out
of the Question, There Will Probably
he Fair Delegate at the Quadrennial
Eight Year Hence A Lively Time
Over Official Organ The Brigg Caae
Before the Presbyterian Assembly Tor
Trial.
rroni a district where the womeu composed
the whole church, and unless women were
admitted these churches could not be
adequately represented. Dr. Buckley
vigorously opposed.
The Vote Taken at Last.
There was a great deal of parliamentary
maneuvering, but finally Hamilton's
amendment having been accepted by
Moore a vote was taken thereon and it
adopted 241 to WO. This sends the
Omaha, May 27. Bishop Fitzgerald
presided at the closing session of the
Methodist quad
rennial and there
was a good deal
of important bus
ness transacted at
the session, short
though it was.
However, a good
deal that was
unimportant had
been winnowed
out of the mass
of business left
over Wednesday
by a committee
bishop Fitzgerald, appointedfor
that purpose, and when the conference
met yesterday everything was ready to
push business from start to finish. A
resolution fallowing the bishops to appoint
preachers for five years, not taking into
consideration their services prior to '88.
was adopted. When the report of the
committee on revisals was reached excep
tions were taken to it. the claim
made that the paragraphs relating to the
use of tobacco had been omitted without
the knowledge of the committee.
omissions were added and the report
adopted.
Relative to Organic Union.
The committee on state of the church re
ported in relation to organic union of all
matter to the general conferences, and the
men must defeat the women three to one in
order to keeD them out if the next een-
I eral conference does not vote two to one
against the admittance of women. The
i women simply went wild with delight.
sot thinking that it may be eight years
before they get a seat.
What They Were Waiting For.
With the completion of this vote at
least one hundred delegates arose and has
tened toward the stations to take the west
bound trains. Amos Sbinkle offered a
resolution that in furture the ratio of pre
sentation to the general conference be
placed at one for every ninety instead of
one for every forty-five as it now is if the
annual conferences so vote. It was adop
ted. On motion of C. J. Little the con
vention adjourned sine die at 2:10 p. m.
ARGUMENTS ON THE BRIGGS CASE.
The Liberal Professor Wants His Case
Referred to New York.
Portland, Ore., May 27. The Briggs
case occupied the etire session of the
Presbyterian general assembly yesterday.
Dr. Birch, the head of the prosecuting
Gave Him an Indigestible Dose.
Greenville, S. C, May 27. Jim Mc
Leave was shot and killed by Tom Henry
Moore near Energy, York county, Wednea
day. In the morning McLeave got into a
difficulty with Moore's wife, and Moore
took up the quarrel. After some words
all the parties became reconciled and
peace was declared. Later in the day a
quart of whisky was secured and the quar
rel was renewed. Moore went oil to the
house of a neighbor, and securing a gun
returned and fired a charge of shot into
McLeave's stomach. Moore fled.
Appeal from the Granite Striker.
New York, May 27. An appeal was
issued yesterday by the joint committee of
the granite industry to all organized
workingmen. After reciting the nature
of the struggle briefly, it concludes: "In
this hour ot our great need we call on you,
brothers, for succor. Our cause is your
cause, our rights yours. Therefore will
you help us to defeat and rout this tyran
nical trust, as a victory for this trust
means a victory for capitalistic power
against all labor."
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Chicago.
CnicAOO, May 28.
Following were the quotations on the board
of trade to lay: Wheat May, opened
and closed 8tLc: June, opened Sc, closed
fvic; July, opened and closel Corn
May, opeuetl and closed 6.3, ; June, opened
an i closed 47!4-; July, odened 4;.g closeJ
4oc Oats My, opened v.'LjJ closed S-Sc;
committee, in presenting the case said the -uu" U,,TU" ' ,?V li. u . .YH?t7
' r . . ,1 31c. closed uUT63. Pork May, opened J10.J4
appearanceofprosecutingcommitteeat the cJo8e1 fl0,4f; July, opened tio.tH, closed
the assembly was strictly constitutional.
although it was usual to go directly from
the presbytery to the synod. Dr. Briggs
argued that there were no reasons for
i entertaining the appeal of the prosecut-
int? pnmmirtjip If thaip .oca ua a irnnl
heing , one thev should cn direetlv to the svnod.
I He contended that the entertainment of
the appeal by the assembly would be an
iu closing his argu-
justice and asked the
assembly to refer the case to the svnod of
New York.
The Assembly Will Try the Case.
After further argument the assembly by
i vote oi ,o to rsz laid on the table the ml
The injustice to him, and
?h- h5il Churt;5es cmmendin? tt nority report of the juiiiciary committee
I recommending that the appeal be not en-
the bishops report a commission of three'
v.;-l. i , , . , ...
"'IT, a"U m. rtained and the case be referred to the
ters to confer with like commissions from x-.,- vv ,) ., ,
other churches which the bishops are peal was entertained and the trial was
asked to request. Adopted. The Kockv , -i, - r .v... x-
Mountain Advocate was made an oflicial vri- n.. u.;
organ of the church, provided that the .v,! '
i pared with minutes taken by the Union
. seminary's stenographer. It was there-
Book concern and church shall not be
held liable fr any loss. Any conference
may adopt the paper for its official
organ.
lir. liiirkley States Objections.
The Nebraska Advocate asked for a simi
lar franchise and the committee so recom
mended. Elder Shank pledged himself to
upon decided to receive both and the as
sembly then adjourned until today.
United Presby teriaus Approve.
PiTTSBrne, May 27. In the United
Tre-vltvf nrinr, ppnurnl fiKwiiniTilr rnctiinlflv
turnover nil the profits above actual ex- cifi o.i.,f . ..; 1
pense of editors, etc., to the worn-out
preachers of Nebraska. Dr. Buckley
raised the point that this would not be
proper, as Nebraska would get a double
share of the contribution to the superan
nuated fund. -lie called attention to the
fait that every such independent paper
draws directly from the official naners
their patronage and profits. A bitter op- 11 Might Have Been Fatal, hut Turned
action of the national house in regard to
Sunday and the World's fair, and hoping
that no appropriation will be made for the
fair nnless it is closed Sundays, and the
6ale of liquors prohibited at all times.
- LORD SALISBURY'S PREDICAMENT.
position wa-s developed against this paper
ana Dr. Maxheld, or Nebraska, charged
an officer of the general conference with
throwing his influence against Omaha in
the interest of another locality. But the
report was adopted VM to 147. i
The Epwnrth Herald Also Objects. j
The book committee recommended that
The Classmate lie made a paper for the
older Sunday school pupils, that it be pub
lished weekly, and that the lesson papers
be made pictorial for the younger pupils.
Dr. Berry, editor of the Epworth Herald,
objected to The Classmate as interfering
with his paper. The report was adopted.
The report of the committee on church
extension recommending that the pro
posed plan to form a mutual insurance
company to carry insurance on church
property be not adopted, as there is too
much legal requiremenis to be conformed
to, was adopted.
VICTORY FOR THE WOMEN.
A Proposition by Which They May Get a
Tote in Eight Year.
Dr. Moore again renewed his motion to
suspend the rules to consider the woman
question, but was voted down, the chair
deciding that it
took two thirds to
suspend. Dr. Moore
appealed from the
decision, but the
chair was sus
tained amid an
other storm of ap
plause. The vote
was 243 yeas, 1;10
noes. Dr. Peck an
nounced that f2,
000 had been civ
en by a preacher
and his wife for a
college in India, bishop xindk.
another $1,000 for a deaconess home in
China, awl a member of the conference had
agreed to givef 1,000,XX) during the balance
of his life to missions. Great applause
greeted this announcement.
The Quektlon Will Not Down.
.But the womau question was to nave a
final elucidation and decision in the con
ference and this came when the judiciary
committee reported as to the meaning of
the words "lay delegates." The commit
tee held that they meant male every time.
Dr. Moore was on his feet right away with
a substitute which declared that only the
principle and not the plan of lay delegates
is constitutional, and that the plan can be
interpreted or amended at will; that there
was no intention of the framers of the
law to exclude women and that the in
terpretation of "lay delegate" should be
either male or female. He spoke eloquent
ly in favor ot bis substitute and there was
a lively debate.
Dr. Hamilton's Amendment
lr. Hamilton, of Boston, ottered an
amendment that the proposition be sub
mitted to the annual conferences requiring
that the words, "must be male," be insert
ed after the words "lay delegates" wbere-
erer they appear in the discipline; and that
unless three-fourths of the annual confer
ences and two-thirds of the general confer
ences uphold it, then the law must be held
to mean male and female both. Dr. Big
gin, of Montana, favored the amendment
Out Only Ludicrous.
London, May 7. The premier of Eng
land had a narrow escape yesterday from
a serious accident. Lord Salisbury was
driving with a pair of horses and a
hrougham near the houses of parliament.
The horses were lively, and on St. James
street they began to kick. The coach
man tried in vain to control them. Giv
ing up kicking the horses made a dash for
a lamp ost. They rammed and jammed
the brougham against the lamp post, the
coachman meanwhile continuing his ef
forts to control the animals, and being as
iraniicas tney were.
Like a ltig Pill in a Box.
Policemen rushed to the rescue, and one
of them who tried to seize a horse by the
hind leg received a knock down blow.
The brougham was overturned and the
coachman thrown, receiving plaiuful but
not serious injuries. Lord Salisbury, who
weighs COO pouads, was entrapped in the
brougham. In the overthrow of the
vehicle his lordchin was himself nro,.
I turned and badly shaken and bruised. He
did not shout for help, however, but
waited patiently for the policemen and the
crowd to get hiiu out. Stalwart hands
were reached into the brougham, and his
lordship, limp and dishevelled, with his
hat jammed down, and his usually fault
less tie awfully wrinkled, was dragged to
the light like a burglar out cf a coalhole.
Footed It to His Office.
As soon as his lordship's feet touched
the pavement he straightened up and tried
to assume an air of affability and dignity.
In this he was not eminently successful.
lie thanked the policemen and others who
had assisted, enquired as to the coach
nine s injuries, and remarking that he
himself was all right started on foot for
the foreign office. II ;s lordship evidently
had a severe shake up, but there is no
reason to believe that he is badly hurt.
$10.5(1; sjetmb -r, opened (10.50, closed
110.62. Lard May, opened $8.33, closed
two.
Live stock: Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follow: Hj-t Market
active and p: iea be higher on best lots: othr
grades steady; sales rangel at $l.8K$l-70
pigs, It.M&t.Si light, 1.154.50 rough pack
ing, ft. 4084.8 mixed, ..554.M heavy pack
ing and shipping lots.
Cattle Market fairly active and prices
lower; quotations ranged at $t 4S34.&) choice
to extra shipping steers, $4..0&4.3i good to
choice do. Ji.TUtf 4 la fair to goal, (3.40&3.80
common to medium do, $).-.'. -ii. 70 butcher'
ste-TS, (2.63.30 stocker, (2.50&4.0J Texas
steers, J3.tU-4.00 feeders, $l.2";53.ti0 cows,
$4003-50 bull and $:!.IWQ,.73 veal lalves.
Sheep -Market fairly active and prices
steady; quotaiions ranued at f j.OJ6.2" west
erns, $4.S0iiiti.3 ) native, and $". 7"t7.50
lambs.
Produce: Butter Fancy separator, l(J19o
per lb; fine creameries, KnlSc; dailies,
fancy, fresh, J17; No. 1 dairies, Uqjic;
packing stok, fresh, 1 c. Kks 14tf$14lc
per doz., lo;s off. Live poultry Chickens,
13c per lb; spring, I8.&2.C; roosters 5c; ducks
102.11c; turkeys choice hens 14c; young
turns 12513o; old g.ibbl .rs, lOJllc; geese,
$ (.u035.t0 perdoz. Potatoes -Burbank., oft
ftJ Ir bu; Hi.-brous, 5"&5Y.-; Koo. 43&jvc;
Peerless, 4."&o'ic; common to poor mixed
lots, 3.Vis4ic. Strawberries IliinoU, S1.5l(
-.50 per L'4-qt case; Ccutralias, $i0vi.ii3W) per
24-qt case
New York.
New York, May 28.
Wheat 2so. 2 red winter cash, 98c; June,
90Jic; July, Hle; Ausust, SOc. Coru-No
2 mixed ca-h, 64c; May, Cic; June, fTc;
July, M;ic. Oats No. ' mixed cash, 37l$o;
June, otic; July, tsic: August, 3.i4o. Hye
In fair demand and strong at tc' ilMic for car
lots and boat loads. Barley Nominal. Pork
Quiet; old mess, Sf-7.'G10.00. Lard Quiet;
July, Jtf.70; August, $6.77.
Live Stock: Cattle Market steidy, but no
trading in bu-eves; dieted beef, firm; native
sides, 6'-8l-i'ic per lb. Sheep and lambs Mar
ket very firm; sheep, $5.5J6.50 per 100 lbs;
a bunch cf yearlings, SO 50; lambs, $7.; 0&H.7J.
Hogs Nominally steady; live hogs, to.O'.iO
per 10 lbs.
The Loral Markets.
GRAIN, ETC.
Wheat-STl89c.
Corn 3!V?i40c.
Rye 7!itilr.
Bran -Krc per cwt,
Shipetnfl fl.OO per cwt
llav Timotbv. SliaiS: nrairie. loail: plover
0310; baled.SU 00.
PRODUCE.
Butter Fslrto choice, 16c; creamery, Saja4
Eezs Freb, 16c: packed. 10c.
Poultry Chickens. UK&KH ; turkeys, lifco
ducks, l-'Mc: geese, 10c.
FRUIT AND VEGBTABLKS.
Apples fi.-.S&42. 78 perbbl.
Potatoes 4fc.
Onions KX&85C.
Turnips 45450c
LIVX STOCK.
Csttle Butchers pay for corn fed steer
S4Ci.44c; cow and Heifer, K33c; calve
Hog-4c.
Bhecp 4&5c.
COAL,
Hard 7 5"7 75.
Soft 2 10&J 30.
1III1B. WOOL, SXID8, ETC.
Hide, dry 4c per lb.
" green 3c per lb.
Grubby No. 2 3c
Green Salted pure No. 1, 44c.
CslfSkin 5c.
Wool, unwashed. 18c
l.ime, per bbl, 75c.
Stucco, per bbl. 12 75.
Clover eccd, per bu. S3 50.
Timothy, per bu. It 50.
LUMBER.
Common board $14.
Joint Scantling and timber, lito 18 feet, $U.
Everv additional foot in length 50 cent.
X A X Sbingles it 75.
Lath i 50.
Fencing lito lGfeet SIS.
Stock boirdsrougb $1
dressed f 17.
C. flooringS-
Flnishlog Lumber. dressedS-TttaSlO-
A SCURRILOUS NEGRO EDITOR.
He Published a Paragraph That Nearly
Wakes I'p Judge Lynch.
Memphis, May -7. A colored newspa
per, The Free l?;eech, by an editorial
paragraph stirred this community up al
most to the lyucUiuij point Wednesday.
In referring to the frequent lynching of
negroes, it said: "Xoliody in this section
of the country believes the old threadbare
lie that nepro men rape white women. If
southern white men are not careful they
will overrench themselves, and public
sentiment will have a reaction, and a con
clusion will be reached which will be very
damaging to the moral reputation of their
women."
Conclmled to Leave Town.
The article caued great indig ation
and a meeting of prominent citizens was
held. A word would have secured a
lynching, but finally a committee was ap
pointed to wait upon the colored editor,
a man named Fleming, and warn him not
to repeat such language. Editor Fleming
beard of the mcelimr and not having faith
in its pacific intentions left town before
the committee reached him.
The Editorial Association.
SAN Fbaxcisco, May 27. At the session
yesterday of the Editorial association By
ron J. Price, of The Star and Times, Hud
son, Wis., was unanimously elected presi-
PARDON US
For referring to a subject so nnnsoal. bat
It may possess Interest for some to know
(Li MM
Is sold for half the prire of the other
kinds. IMMJLD.weaay If the quality
was not what It should be, ot course H
would not sell at aLL
The Millionaire
Baking Powder Companies aay nothing
of their exorbitant prices, but taik eoa
tlnually of , i.-ni analysis, Ac
Let the scientists lead the Tientist. but
let practical women try Cllaau. and
Judge for themselves.
of Dr. Hamilton. He said that he came ! 'u
AT TOCB OBOCEB-E